Dear Ellie (A Steve Randle Love Story)

Chapter 15

I placed the letter down and started crying. Soda quickly came over and wrapped me up in a hug. I couldn’t imagine what he would say to me if I gave him the chance to talk. I eventually dried my tears off and sat there with Soda on the couch, and that’s when the doorbell rang. So I got up off the couch to answer it.

I opened the door and saw Steve standing in the doorway.

“I’m so glad you're better now” Steve said as he gazed at me with a warm smile.

“Why are you here?” I asked in a stern but not rude voice.

“To talk to you” he said while fidgeting with his hands and still giving me his warm smile.

I looked at him and then at Soda who was sitting on the coach. Soda gave me the look of let him talk.

“Alright come on in” I said while looking back at Steve.

As Steve entered the house I felt all those feelings of when he took me on our first date. I couldn’t help but think about the way he looked so handsome and the way he had looked at me like I was an angel that night. I focused my mind back on the present as me and Steve walked to my room and sat down on my bed.

“El” Steve said as he held my hands in his. I quickly pulled them away and put them in my lap. I could see Steve holding back tears when I did this.

“Ellanor Marie Curtis, I love you, I love you more than anything in this world, you taught me how to truly love someone, and how to truly care about people, I love you and I forever will.” Steve said with tears pouring down his face.

“Then why did you kiss her, if you love me so much why did you kiss her?” I asked in a stern but quiet voice, with tears pouring down my face like waterfalls.

“Because I thought I was getting too attached” Steve said as he looked at me with his dark brown eyes that were pouring tears out of them.

“To attached what do you mean?” I said in a confused voice.

“Ellie, everyone that I have ever loved has left me, and I didn’t want to lose you too, so I thought if I could get you to lose feelings for me I could keep you in my life.” Steve said this and looked at me. I stared into his eyes and for the first I didn’t see the enthusiastic Steve that I’ve always known. Instead I saw a hurt little boy who lost his mom. I wrapped my arms around Steve and we sat there in eachothers arms just crying.

“I’m sorry Ellie, I promise to never hurt you like that ever again” Steve said, still holding me in his arms.

“So you don’t like that Soc” I said kinda laughing

“If we are being honest I felt like throwing up after kissing her” Steve said and we both started laughing.

“Now there’s that smile that I love,” Steve said while holding me to his chest. 

I looked up at him and for a minute there it felt like we were just in our own world. Like there was no one else, just me and Steve and our love for eachother. That’s what I had wanted for the longest time and finally it felt like I was home.